Toy rubber-spring gun



Feb. 27, 1951 P, D, THOMAS 2,543,208

rroY RuBBER-SPRING GUN Filed Nov; 2, 1945 P/zzZl/o. DT/onzas.

Wawa,

Patented Feb. 27, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TOY RUBBER-SPRING GUN Philip D. Thomas, Chula, Mo.

Application November 2, 1945, Serial No. 626,320

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a toy gun and more particularly to a gun of a catapult type, and it is primarily an object of the invention to provide a novel trigger mechanism to effect the desired discharge of a projectile.

Another object of the invention is to provide a gun of this kind wherein the trigger mechanism includes a pin mounted for direct endwise movement together with a rocking trigger member for moving the pin into release position.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved toy gun Whereby certain important advantages are attained, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order that my invention may be better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a View partly in side elevation and partly in section of a toy gun constructed in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a view in top plan of the device as illustrated in Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a Sectional view taken substantially on the line 3--3 of Figure 1.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawings, i denotes the stock of the gun which has projecting forwardly therefrom the barrel 2, of desired length. This barrel 2 is provided in its top portion with a shallow groove 3 extending from one end to the other of the barrel 2, and along which the projectile traverses before projection.

Disposed through the rear portion of the barrel 2 and through the stock l is a straight opening fi, substantially at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the barrel 2. The portion a of the opening ll extending through the stock I is enlarged to house an expansible coil spring 5 surrounding the lower portion of an elongated pin 6 having direct endwise movement through the opening.

li. The inner end portion of this spring 5 is suitably secured, at i, to the pin 6, while the outer end of the spring 5 bears against a tubular plug 8 fitted in the outer extremity of the portion a of the opening 4. The pin 6 snugly passes through the tubular plug 8, and the pin 6 is of a length to project a material distance above the top or grooved face of the barrel 2 when the pin 6 is at the limit of its upward movement as maintained normally by the spring 5.

The reference character T designates a trigger member having a relatively wide top portion and a lower portion tapering in a downward direction and of an arcuate form to facilitate the engagement of a finger of the hand therewith. The wide top portion of the trigger member provides a forwardly directed corner li! with which the lower extremity of the pin 6 is operatively connected by a link 9, while the opposite or rear end or corner of the top is pivotally connected, as at ll, with the forwardly facing under portion of the stock I.

Disposed along the opposite sides of the barrel 2 are the elongated retractile members l2, preferably elastic bands, which have their forward end portions suitably secured to the outer extremity of the barrel 2. The inner extremities of the members or bands |2 have secured thereto the flexible strands I 4, of desired length. The outer extremities of the strands l4 are connected by the interposed strip or pocket l5 of leather or other effective material.

In practice, when it is desired to discharge a projectile, the strip or pocket l5 is pulled back against the tension of the members or bands l2 and engaged from the rear with the normally upwardly extended portion of the pin 6. The projectile is placed as desired within the groove 3 of the barrel 2. Pull on the trigger T will move the pin 6 downwardly against the tension of the spring 5 a distance suficient to release the strip or pocket |5, whereby the retraction of the members or bands IZ will be with such force to assure an effective discharge of the projectile, which, in its initial movement, is guided by the groove 3.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a toy gun constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated.

I claim:

A toy gun, including a barrel and a Stock, said stock having its forward end portion tapered and secured in underlying relation with respect to the rear end portion of said barrel, the rear end portion of said barrel having a vertical bore opening into a bore of a somewhat larger diameter formed vertically through the underlying portion of said stock, a downwardly extending firing pin depending through said bores, a coil spring housed within the bore in said stock and normally urging said pin in an upward direction, a trigger pivoted on said stock rearwardly of and below said bores, and a link connecting said trigger to the lower end of said pin, in combination, with 3 a projectile actuatng element comprising a length of band rubber looped about and secured to the forward end of said barrel, a flexible nonelastic element extending rearwardly from each end of said band, and a pocket of a flexible nonelastic material connecting the free ends of said fiexible elements for engagement with the upper end of said pin.

PHILIP D. THOMAS.

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